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A hypothesis on why #CSforAll remains so elusive in American K12 education (a thread):
“Career pathways” isn’t cutting it as rationale for broadening equitable participation in Comp Sci education across K12.
We need to reframe the need.
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#iledchat #edchat #edutwitter #twill
“Career pathways” isn’t cutting it as rationale for broadening equitable participation in Comp Sci education across K12.
We need to reframe the need.
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#iledchat #edchat #edutwitter #twill
The impact of computing innovations on society, economy, and culture - particularly in just the past 25 years - is undeniably immense.
Not one school, district, state, tribal, territorial, or federal education administrator or policymaker will deny this.
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Not one school, district, state, tribal, territorial, or federal education administrator or policymaker will deny this.
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But, even as educational leaders can see as clearly as #remotelearning just how pervasively computing innovations now-constantly alter our day-day lives..
..we’re afraid, systemwide, to take on the question of whether to allow K12 kids to study that which impacts them, too. 3/
..we’re afraid, systemwide, to take on the question of whether to allow K12 kids to study that which impacts them, too. 3/
1 For anyone trying to understand why young people are struggling so much (@Literature_Lady @Edu_Historian ), here is how @stevensonhs administration has been grading students since before the pandemic as early as 2012! The crisis has been coming, but Covid made it worse. @ASCD
2 The Stevenson Administration (like Troy Gobble, Eric Twadell and Anthony Reibel) has travelled around the country with Solution Tree consulting to promote these ridiculous grading practices. I say ridiculous because they are not research based or peer-reviewed. #atAssessment
3 They are theoretical ideas bastardized from peo like @robertjmarzano and Gusky but repackaged by administrators who have not taught in the classroom in over a decade. But they happen to be at a high achieving school so ...
**A THREAD ON IMPROVING TEACHER HIRING PRACTICES**
The hiring process has long been identified for school administrators as their single most critical job duty..
..but, en masse, hiring in education remains woefully antiquated.
Here’s a potential fix..
#iledchat #edchat
The hiring process has long been identified for school administrators as their single most critical job duty..
..but, en masse, hiring in education remains woefully antiquated.
Here’s a potential fix..
#iledchat #edchat
1️⃣ Rid the hiring process *completely* of the overwhelmingly fixed mindset-rooted Q&A that plagues it.
There is **zero** research base to associate a teacher “thinking on their toes” in giving “the right” answers to questions on the fly, and their efficacy in the classroom.
There is **zero** research base to associate a teacher “thinking on their toes” in giving “the right” answers to questions on the fly, and their efficacy in the classroom.
2️⃣ Replace the anti-#growthmindset Q&A with a lesson the candidate delivers in front of a hiring panel.
The content/skills to be developed during the lesson should be given to the candidate at least 48 hours in advance of the screening date.
In other words, kill the “gotcha”..
The content/skills to be developed during the lesson should be given to the candidate at least 48 hours in advance of the screening date.
In other words, kill the “gotcha”..
In our conversations with #STL folks about public education, we've been getting questions about what can be done at different levels of government. To help address some of those, we're doing a new #StandWithSLPS thread! So here it is:
Local 🌆vs.🏛️ State - A Thread🧵
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Local 🌆vs.🏛️ State - A Thread🧵
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For starters, we should clarify that we are focused on our 3 current asks:
1. Support for a new schools moratorium
2. Creation of a citywide comprehensive plan for schools
3. Curbing of tax incentive abuse
This thread will largely be focused on the above. But first!
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1. Support for a new schools moratorium
2. Creation of a citywide comprehensive plan for schools
3. Curbing of tax incentive abuse
This thread will largely be focused on the above. But first!
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General Remarks
Funding for local public school districts comes from 3 primary sources: local, state, and federal. According to the 2020 @SLPS_INFO Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR), 80% of revenue comes from local revenue, 13% from the state, and 7% federally.
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Funding for local public school districts comes from 3 primary sources: local, state, and federal. According to the 2020 @SLPS_INFO Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR), 80% of revenue comes from local revenue, 13% from the state, and 7% federally.
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1/30 One of the major points of confusion about the #SAT and the #ACT specifically is what exactly is on the test. It’s always worth discussing the content of assessments, especially assessments that are so high-stakes.
2/30 When I started teaching shortly after college, I got into it as a part time job. I was a subject tutor, designing curricula and teaching math. I had always been comfortable with standardized tests, so it seemed (at the time) like that, too, would be straightforward work.
3/30 I’d never “prepped” for the tests myself when I was in HS, so I didn’t perceive/approach them as arenas that required strategy. It struck me that they were simply testing what I’d learned in school and my understanding of language and mathematical reasoning. #edutwitter
In this month’s @crainsdetroit Forum, I look at the one of more complex hurdles to achieving education funding equity in Michigan: Higher tax school districts that got a special deal to be better-funded 27 years ago when lawmakers wrote Proposal A.
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ALERT for school boards and administrators in Michigan who have built up $2.8B in fund balances: The Legislature might be coming for it.
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Barton Malow exec Doug Maibach: Time to overhaul #Michigan's arbitrary school-funding model
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"If you think your public school is not working, then go help your public school." - @ewarren to charter parents.
Wow. She couldn't be more condescending & obnoxious if she tried - or hypocritical, seeing where her son went to school.
usnews.com/news/elections… #edreform 1/9
Wow. She couldn't be more condescending & obnoxious if she tried - or hypocritical, seeing where her son went to school.
usnews.com/news/elections… #edreform 1/9
After a group of charter parents protested her ed plan at a rally in ATL, she told them she sent her kids to public school. Turns out, that wasn't exactly true (these "slips" seem to be a recurring issue for Liz), as her campaign quickly clarified in a statement. #edreform 2/9
Thx for your reply. A few things... I compared both versions of the story - the one posted on @WWNO and the one on Hechinger - and not only are they both riddled w/ problems, but they are exactly the same, minus the headline... #NOLAed #LaEd #edreform | 1/10
And no, I'm not going to email you directly b/c I've already gone through line-by-line and highlighted the problems with the story, including the factual errors in the piece, which you can go through here: genius.it/hechingerrepor… #NOLAed #LaEd #edreform | 2/10
1/10 Researching for a case and came across a personal injury settlement between a charter school corporation in the Central Valley and multiple student plaintiffs for some $6-million+. The amount is on the low side considering the… #EdReform #SchoolChoice #EdChat @DianeRavitch
2/10 horrific injuries some of the students suffered. It was the typical charter school money-making scam. They had a former employee form an unregistered and uninsured transportation company. The charter's Vice Principle provided one of their family's vehicles to… #EdReform
3/10 that company. They paid themselves $6K a month from public money to operate a vehicle that had several defective seatbelts. Moreover, they consistently exceeded the vehicle's passenger capacity. Students had to share seats and some had to ride on the floor. #EdReform
Reform-leaning politicians have always had serious opposition from the political elite, who wish to perpetuate the status quo. Today, Kayode Fayemi is the political barometer for governors/public leaders who wish to implement system-wide reform in the system.
#EdReform #Kaduna
#EdReform #Kaduna
Educational reform in Kaduna state in the last few days has generated the usual bickering that permeates the political divide. The conversations that my generation needs to have regarding education are many, but should be beyond the childish politicking that's pervasive so far
The dangers of politicizing our educational system is that 1) children suffer 2) our future is endangered 3) we keep losing our competitiveness as we fail to raise a new generation of thinkers with the skills & resources required to better their lives, add to nation's prosperity
